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- 19 Jun 2013
- Research & Ideas
Analyzing Institutions to Solve Big Problems
subscription.) The researchers set out to discover the extent to which the mobilization of women within villages, and the broader institutional dynamics between villages, fostered the initiative's success. In terms of institutional... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel & Anna Secino
- 29 Apr 2002
- Research & Ideas
Star Power! How to Win in Professional Services
organization, in which professionals who go down in the elevator one evening may not return the next morning. Together, these dynamics ensure that the CEO's role in the professional service firm's decision making is both constrained and... View Details
Keywords: by Jay W. Lorsch & Thomas J. Tierney
- 30 Oct 2012
- First Look
First Look: October 30
happiness-if you follow five core principles of smarter spending. Purchase the book: http://www.amazon.com/Happy-Money-Science-Smarter-Spending/dp/1451665067/ref=tmm_hrd_title_0/181-7319636-0911428 The Role of Organizational Scope and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 4
Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior Psychological Safety: The History, Renaissance, and Future of an Interpersonal Construct By: Edmondson, Amy C., and Zhike Lei Abstract—Psychological... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Dec 2001
- Research & Ideas
Becoming the Next Real Estate Mogul
real estate industry can make oral agreements seem less binding than they might in other businesses. The illiquid nature of real estate also allows dealmakers more time to back out of an agreement. Staying on top of internal dynamics is a... View Details
- 10 Mar 2002
- Research & Ideas
Breakthrough Negotiation: Don’t Leave It On the Table
Watkins The best negotiators also work to foster organizational learning, both during and after a negotiation. They pay careful attention to managing the team learning process, establishing clear roles and responsibilities for observation... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Watkins
- 22 Feb 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Most Important Management Trends of the (Still Young) Twenty-First Century
strategy and organizational management. Products are being developed through open innovation, with input from people connected to each other and the company only through a common interest—and electronic media. Virtually every company on... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Apr 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 10, 2018
indicate that patient demand is relatively unimportant in explaining variations. Physician organizational factors matter, but the most important factor is physician beliefs about treatment. In Medicare, we estimate that 35% of spending... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Jul 2018
- Research & Ideas
The Open Office Revolution Has Gone Too Far
(like employee satisfaction). Those are fine for understanding individual perceptions, but aren’t so good at quantifying real behavioral responses and organizational performance outcomes from open offices. The gap between perceptions and... View Details
Keywords: Re: Ethan S. Bernstein
- 23 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
Looking for CEOs in All the Wrong Places
him and one of its board members? Understanding the dynamics of the CEO search process, as well as the ways in which chief executive turnover influences corporate performance, has been the goal of recent research by HBS assistant... View Details
- 07 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 7, 2008
Phenomenological Assumptions and Knowledge Dissemination within Organizational Studies Authors:Corinne Bendersky and Kathleen L. McGinn Abstract Phenomenological assumptions-assumptions about the fundamental qualities of the phenomenon... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 11 Jan 2011
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 11
brilliantly if a company is lucky enough to be the only one in a market.) Because companies build them without thinking about the competition, they routinely deploy doomed business models. Moreover, many companies ignore the dynamic... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Apr 2013
- Research Event
Conference Challenges Gender Conventions
series of 20-minute presentations followed by discussion groups took an unconventional look at topics such as stereotypes, difference, and organizational change. (Presenters were also asked to write short research-based papers to... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
- 13 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 13
software and IT service firms will likely have an inward focus over the next five years and will, therefore, only slowly emerge onto the global market. Working PapersThe Role of Organizational Scope and Governance in Strengthening... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 May 2010
- First Look
First Look: May 25
stay with the old technology as a rational, proactive choice rather than as a mark of managerial and organizational failure. We then consider the distinctive challenges and organizational View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 24 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 24, 2009
Working PapersLearn-how to Improve Collaboration and Performance Authors:Ingrid M. Nembhard, Anita L. Tucker, Richard M.J. Bohmer, Joseph H. Carpenter, and Jeffrey D. Horbar Abstract Organizational learning, a prerequisite for high... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Dec 2019
- Research & Ideas
How to Turn Down the Boil on Group Conflict
Jeffrey Lees, a doctoral candidate in Organizational Behavior and Psychology at Harvard Business School. In actuality, most people have a wildly inflated sense of just how negative the other side feels, according to a new paper that Lees... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 07 Oct 2002
- Research & Ideas
What Leaders Need to Do To Restore Investor Confidence
conflicts of interest. For example, the change in the commission structure in 1974 created a whole new dynamic that influenced the role of research by investment banks. And the growing importance of consulting at public accounting firms... View Details
Keywords: by Harvard Management Update
- 22 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 22
Publication:Academy of Management Annals Abstract The concept of imprinting has attracted considerable interest in numerous fields-including organizational ecology, institutional theory, network analysis, and career research-and has been... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Aug 2008
- First Look
First Look: August 5, 2008
Rebalancing by Individual Investors Authors:Laurent E. Calvet, John Y. Campbell, and Paolo Sodini Abstract This paper investigates the dynamics of individual portfolios in a unique dataset containing the disaggregated wealth of all... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace